Shirou killed all the kidnappers in front of him with one sword. The strength of these kidnappers was uneven, mostly a group of farmers who had not received professional training, so they were not worth fearing at all.
The power of some of them couldn't even be considered a beginner Swordsman.
They were purely rookies.
Maybe if Eris was well prepared, she would have a chance to defeat these adults in a head-on fight.
Of course, none of this matters now.
Shirou has determined that there are deeper masterminds behind these people, so he will not easily kill them. He will at least catch them and give them to the Boreas family for questioning to find out who is behind them.
Shirou is not good at these things, and he doesn't like to torture others, so he will leave everything to Philip of the Boreas family later.
Shirou was thinking about these things, and found that the kidnapper boss in the distance was standing there in a panic, trapped in a dilemma of not knowing whether to escape or stay.
The scene of Shirou instantly killing all his companions obviously had a huge psychological impact on him, making this bloodthirsty bandit feel the terror of death.
But he was unwilling to give up. The young lady of the Boreas family was already in his hands. He only needed to sell her to a big shot at a high price to get a lifetime of enjoyment. The beautiful future was within reach, so how could he give up so easily.
"Damn it!!!"
As the saying goes, a cornered dog will jump over the wall.
After weighing the pros and cons, the kidnapper boss did not choose to escape, but rushed towards Shirou with the sword in his hand.
He was obviously prepared to fight to the death, willing to gamble his life, and absolutely had to capture the young lady of the Boreas family to obtain a lifetime of wealth.
"A foolish choice..."
Shirou held Eris in one arm and threw the blood-stained cloak aside.
His body after becoming a Servant was extremely tall, and the slightly dark skin, combined with the well-trained muscles, would even make ordinary women unable to take their eyes off him.
Although Eris was just a little girl who had not yet experienced love, she couldn't help but feel a strange restlessness when she saw Shirou's strong body and could even feel the distinct touch through her clothes.
Of course, Shirou didn't know what Eris was thinking. He silently looked at the kidnapper boss approaching him and realized that the other party's aura was not weak.
At least compared to the weak subordinates who had not received any training, this boss was at least at the level of an upper-level Swordsman.
Such a person was likely to have been a knight who served some big shot, or a former adventurer, who fell into depravity for some reason and started trafficking people.
Even if they were guilty of crimes, the skills they had learned would not disappear. Even more so, because they were used to a life of licking blood from knives, their skills became sharper, possessing a suppressing force that ordinary Swordsmen could not match.
Shirou became a little more serious, and he slowly put Eris down, letting her rest aside.
He took the initiative to show himself and silently welcomed the other party's arrival.
"You look like a skilled Swordsman, why are you involved in this kind of evil business?"
Shirou spoke silently, feeling confused about this kidnapper boss with considerable strength.
If the other party had this level of skill, there was no need to be a criminal at all. He could live quite well just by finding a decent job.
Regarding Shirou's words, the kidnapper boss showed a disgusted expression and said coldly, "Tsk, what the hell are you? Are you planning to give me some life lessons? Why am I committing crimes? Simply for money. You work as a knight and bodyguard for the noble lords. How much money do you think you can earn in a lifetime?"
"For profit, you sold your conscience?"
"Conscience? Can conscience be eaten?"
The kidnapper boss spat and said unceremoniously, "I see that your actions just now weren't like a naive noble knight at all. You're just a murderer like me... Do people like us still have some naive sense of justice? In the end, as long as we live well enough! After I die, who cares if there's a flood. Why should we care about the life and death of others, as long as we live happily enough?!"
"..."
"Hey, why don't you cooperate with me? Anyway, my companions have been killed by you, so all the rewards can be split equally between the two of us! Do you know how huge that fortune will be? It's not at the level of a hundred or two hundred gold coins, but a huge sum of money that you can't imagine! I can feel it, we should be the same kind of people, aren't we?"
Shirou fell silent in response to the kidnapper boss's words that were trying to persuade him.
Because he recalled that he had given up the Ainsworth family's plan to save the world using Miyu as a Greater Grail in order to save Miyu, and even actively destroyed the plan.
He killed many people just for his own selfish purposes.
This seemed to be the same as the kidnapper boss's idea.
However, Shirou did not think he was wrong, because forcing others to sacrifice for themselves was full of all kinds of mistakes in itself.
Even if it was a selfish choice, Shirou believed that he had made the right choice.
But the actions of these kidnappers were completely different.
Their act of capturing Eris and selling her to a big noble was essentially forcing others to sacrifice for them in order to seek their own interests.
Shirou's and the kidnapper boss's actions looked similar on the surface, but were essentially completely different.
On that snowy night, he betrayed the justice he had established in his heart, but he also pursued a more real and more sincere justice.
That justice was no longer hypocrisy, not the false thing inherited from Emiya Kiritsugu, but the real thing he obtained with his own power.
So, Shirou came to a conclusion.
He and these guys were not the same kind.
He was still walking on the path of justice.
"..."
In an instant, as Shirou understood this key issue, his original hesitation and wavering were completely enveloped by faith at this moment.
"Y-you, what are you?"
The kidnapper boss didn't expect that his words not only failed to persuade the other party, but instead stimulated him. He quickly said, "What makes you think you have the qualifications to judge me? Aren't you and I just murderers?!"
"Yes, I am indeed a murderer, but I am definitely not the same as you."
Shirou raised the twin swords in his hand and said with unwavering eyes, "There is no justice in what you do. It is just full of selfish desires, an ugly thing like mud."
"What gives you the right to say me? What are you!"
The kidnapper boss became anxious and shouted angrily at Shirou.
Shirou frankly said something that would make people laugh their heads off, but his gaze was so firm that no one could laugh at him.
"Because I am a partner of justice."
"Justice..."
The kidnapper boss was stunned when he heard Shirou's words.
After a brief hesitation, he suddenly let out a crazy laugh: "Haha, hahaha, are you trying to disgust me! Don't underestimate me!"
The kidnapper boss exploded with amazing speed in extreme anger, rushing towards Shirou like a high-speed moving monster.
"Pa!"
Although the style was unclear, the strength of an upper-level Swordsman was fully displayed on him.
Fighting against such an opponent, Shirou would even have to use a lot of trump cards and have trouble winning if he didn't use the Servant card to possess himself.
But the current situation was completely different. Shirou had complete confidence in overwhelming the other party.
Because he now possessed all the power of Servant Emiya!
"Trace, on."
At the moment when the kidnapper boss was getting closer and closer to him, Shirou calmly carried out the projection.
"Puff!"
The rough man's steel sword cut through the air, sweeping past Shirou's nose, and the latter almost naturally dodged this attack that was almost impossible to dodge.
The kidnapper boss became more and more angry, but he was not overly nervous.
He was an experienced Swordsman, and also a despicable Swordsman who would use any means. Many times, he was even able to defeat opponents stronger than himself by relying on some of his dirty tricks.
"Die!"
At the moment when the man swung his sword and missed, he suddenly raised his left hand, and a sharp dagger coated with poison emerged from his sleeve.
North God Style hidden weapon.
As the only one of the three major swordsmanship schools that does not advocate using swords, the successors of the North God Style generally can use any dark tricks.
Even including traps, hidden weapons, poison, murder...
As long as they can defeat their opponents, they can use any tricks.
This is the essence of the North God Style.
Since most people focus on the blade when they see their opponent holding a sword, they will ignore actions other than that.
The North God Style's sneak attack is based on this destruction of common sense, creating unexpected attacks that allow the weak to defeat the strong!
"Be careful!"
Seeing the man's actions, Eris, as a third party, clearly felt the danger. That kind of sudden attack from a blind spot was an impossible to dodge, fatal blow.
And because it was a dagger coated with poison, even a little scratch would be enough to make people fall completely.
There was only one result.
--Death!
As Eris's eyes widened, and she didn't even know why she suddenly started to worry about Shirou's condition, Shirou himself showed a helpless expression.
He was not helpless because he didn't anticipate this kind of sneak attack.
But he was helpless because this level of sneak attack was too weak.
In Servant Emiya's memory, when he became a Guardian of Alaya, he traveled through different time and space and practiced even more incredible killing skills that were beyond common sense.
If Servant Emiya's skills were converted into North God Style stats, then he would undoubtedly be the Northern Emperor, and he could even consider competing for the title of North God
As the fusion of souls, Shirou naturally inherited all of Servant Emiya's experience.
Therefore, in front of a master Assassin like him, the kidnapper boss's approach was not to show off one's slight skill before an expert, but rather to seek one's own death.
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